Two test options. Both require the plate of sugar water still.
a) in a plate next sugar water have crush feed on a plate for bees. And by crushed, I mean darn near powder style & dry
b) same as above but, slightly soaked in water or sugar water
Just my luck right nowโฆ.
Acronyms in general today have given me a BSOD for recalling several chicken acronyms.
OE = olive egger
EE = Easter egger
OEGB = olive egger ____ ____
Iโm game to wildly guess but, Iโd like to wait for another 5-14 days before I do soโฆ gives a chance for the first feather fluff blow out to occur iirc.
Here is a few links to threads from my โ10 pages of saved threadsโฆโthey may not all help โright nowโ but, โฆโฆ. Who knowsโฆ right?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/just-a-friendly-reminder-on-coccidiosis-vs-cocci.1190998/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dewormer-question.1349363/...
I 2nd the data & Iโm no expert but, I have at least 2-3 threads saved with these issues and the instructions on ratioโs are on the bottles as well.
I ran the corid dosage fun last year! Very straightforward and on the theread and bottle are identical info soโฆ. Maybe I can come back in a while...
as a fan of honey beeโs and one getting ready to finally start up with a NUC Iโd like to suggest you note where their flight path is next time they zoom for the feed bag.
See IF you can put a shallow saucer / plate with some sugar water for them
To โdetourโ to and not the feed bag.
Knowing...
Wowsers, sorry for assuming your silkies are the same size as ours (and by default observation around here locally) the smaller silkies.
So here is the 1st go-round for hatching:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkies-tag-teaming-the-2-batches-of-eggs.1379282/
And the 2nd go round...
Given the fact she has typically 40-50% less mass to retain heat then say a RiR or an EE or Olive egger the 15-20 doesnโt surprise me. I would however suggest having a stash of water and food near her for the chance to have a couple times off the nest per day.
I ended up putting ours in a dog...
How many days along are you now (today)? Be realistic in your estimate here:
Potential Minimum days under her=
Potential Maximum days under her=
From what I have read & seen some eggs can be delayed as much as 3-5 days before you โstart to see a hintโ compared to other eggs placed under the hen...
Oh, I totally believe you. Thatโs why I introโd with how my imagination just went into overdriveโฆ.
So hereโs a tour of what I see. I copied your picture. Then I drew lines โjust belowโ each horizontal line & โjust to the rightโ of both vertical lines. The most prominent vertical line is how it...
My imagination is really seeing something odd with this picture you have of the C-130 Hercules with landing gear down. The clouds like actually quite fake. Like a window lattice work was edited out but, the clouds show the center vertical beam and the 2 horizontal beams have the image in 6...
Pan-Zilla-Cake. (Meh, needs refinement)
Crepe-Zilla (crepeโs just a smaller pancake in my mind) and well, these Broody-luscious hens are quite the pancake when they get on the nest!